Andy's Pov

Lauren and I were sitting against a wall in a hallway on the lowest floor of the base. Mia was sitting against the opposite wall with Esme helping her with all the problems Josh had caused.

Lorna and Marcos were standing near a door to a prison cell that they had made when we first found the base. It was made out of adamantium. Very convenient of them to have made a prison cell that had a divider to make two separate cells out of adamantium. The one thing that can stop Lauren and my powers.

"How did you even get a room made out of adamantium in the first place?" I asked.

"The guy who built this place built it as a last resort place to go if the world was ending or something. We had another use for it, so we converted it into a prison cell," Lorna said.

"And why exactly did you need a prison cell?" Lauren said, narrowing her eyes at Lorna.

Lorna exchanged a look with Marcos, "Because..." Lorna said, clearly not wanting to state their reasoning.

"Because," Lauren said motioning for her to continue.

"Because when we first got here your powers weren't exactly stable," Lorna said awkwardly.

"And why didn't you just leave the room the way it was and just not turn it into a prison cell?" I said.

"Was it because you were worried that we would go crazy and needed a way to contain our powers?" Lauren said.

Lorna and Marcos's guilty faces gave it away. "Glad to see you trust us so much," Andy said sarcastically.

"Hold up did our mom know about this?" I asked.

"Yes, she was the one who suggested we put the cells in not just leave it how it was," Marcos said.

I sat there stunned. How could our mom suggest putting in a prison cell for us? Her kids. I looked at Andy. He was staring at the floor clenching his jaw.

Esme stood up and changed the subject, "What are we going to do with Josh? We can't just keep him in there forever."

"I don't know, he seriously hurt Mia and we can't let him out until the drugs get out of his system. I don't know if he should stay in there longer than that though," Marcos said.

"He should probably be in there until Mia gets better," Esme said. "He wasn't okay the last time I talked to him."

"Yeah. So a couple of weeks," Marcos said.

Mia spoke up, "Don't be too harsh on him."

"Mia he could have killed you, and he did seriously hurt you," Lorna said.

"Yeah, so could everybody else in this room," Mia said, standing up slowly. "It's not exactly a special feat."

"Mia..." Lorna started.

Mia cut her off, "He wasn't in control of his powers. He didn't even know that he could do this. We can't blame him for something he didn't even know he could do. I could see the horror in his eyes, he had no idea he could do that. None of us did." she took a deep breath. "Just keep him in there until the drugs leave his system and he's stable. Just until he promises he won't take anymore."

Lorna nodded. "Okay."

Marcos looked at his watch, "I have to go." He kissed Lorna's cheek as he left.

Mia looked at the door leading to the cells. "Can I talk to Josh?"

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Esme said.

"No, but he is still my best friend, I want to make sure he is okay," Mia said.

Lorna nodded, "Okay." She unlocked the door and Mia slipped inside. Lorna closed the door behind her but didn't lock it.

"I should probably go to check on Leah," Esme said.

Lorna nodded as Esme walked away. I looked at Andy, I could tell that the fact that they had an adamantium prison cell built just in case we went crazy was still bothering him.

I nudged his side, "Are you okay?"

"No," Andy said, still glaring at the floor. "I still can't really process the fact that they built a prison cell for us. Specifically."

Lorna sighed, "Andy..."

"Lorna, you seriously don't trust us that much," Andy said. I could feel how pissed he was. I took a deep breath.

"Andy chill," I said.

"No, I'm not going to chill Lauren. They built a prison cell for us and Mom suggested it." He said. I understood I was mad too but we just couldn't right now. There was too much going on.

"Andy, I'm sorry. When we found this place and put the cells in, you weren't exactly stable. We just built it as a last resort, a fail-safe." Lorna said sitting down in front of us.

"You thought we would snap? Mom thought we would snap." I said. I almost felt disappointed that they would think that. Even though I knew that when we first got here it was probably a real concern. We weren't exactly okay seven months ago.

"Don't blame your mom too much. We all decided to do this. It wasn't just her idea, It was all of our ideas." Lorna said.

Andy and I nodded. "You still did it though. You don't trust us." Andy said having deflated a bit.

"We do trust you. You just weren't okay yet when we built this." She said.

"Yeah," I said quietly. I turned to Andy, "Let's go. I'm kinda done with people for the day."

Andy nodded, "See you later." He said to Lorna as we left. A lot happened today, we were pretty done.

Lorna's Pov

Andy and Lauren left and Mia had just finished talking with Josh. She went somewhere to rest hopefully. I needed to call Caitlin, she needed to know what happened today.

I dialed her number on my flip phone and hit call. It only rang twice before she picked up.

"Lorna, what happened?" She said as she answered the phone. I sighed and started to explain what happened since I had last called her.

"You told them about the prison cells?" she said.

"We didn't have a choice, Caitlin. We needed a place to keep Josh while the drugs work their way out of his system where he can't hurt anyone. It was our only option." I said moving away from the door to the cells.

"You couldn't have kept him somewhere else?" she said her voice was staticky because of a poor connection.

"Where, we are already low on space here. We were going to have to tell them eventually. They would have found out." I said pacing as I talked.

"I know, I just wanted to explain to them why when I told them," Caitlin said.

"I did tell them why. Andy was a little mad and Lauren seemed disappointed. She thought we didn't trust them." I said.

"That's because we don't Lorna. Do you know how much destruction they caused in the first couple of months after everything that happened with the Frosts and their dad?" she said.

"Yes, I do, I was there," I said. Caitlin was worried about her kids but ended up just pushing them away. They stopped telling her what they were going through because she kept reacting weirdly to it. Like suggesting to build the prison cells. After they stopped talking about what was happening, we had no idea what their mental states were so we made failed safes. Plans, to make sure that if something happened, other people wouldn't be at risk.

"I need to come back, I need to see my kids," Caitlin said.

"No, they still need you in Baltimore. We're fine here" I said.

"No, you're not. You didn't notice that Josh was on drugs," she said.

I interrupted her before she could go on to her next point, "To be fair, his best friend didn't figure that out for a month."

"Still, a bunch of other stuff has happened while I've been gone. Wes died for goodness sake. The only reason that I didn't come back then is because Sentinel Services had found one of the outpost stations down here. I'm coming back, my kids need me." she said.

"They're fine Caitlin. They are the best they've been in months. The Baltimore station needs you" I said. That was a lie, Andy and Lauren weren't fine but Baltimore had been struggling for months before we sent them down. No one there had any idea how to lead the station.

"I don't care. John can handle it. I'm coming back as soon as I can. Probably next week sometime. Now I have to go. I'll call you later." She said before hanging up.

I sighed. I needed a drink. I had hidden some liquor in the back of one of the storage rooms. I feel like today has been stressful enough to call for some good old fashioned bourbon.

I walked into the storage room where I had stored the bourbon. I was not expecting to see anyone but of course, I did. Mia was sitting on the floor in the back of the storage room, her head in her hands. The bottle of bourbon was sitting next to her, with less alcohol in it than when I had last hidden it.

"Aren't you a little young to be drinking?" I said.

Mia looked up and laughed sadly, "I guess, but after the day I had I feel like I deserve to have some alcohol."

I rolled my eyes and walked over and took the bottle away from her, "Yeah well, I'm not going to let a 15-year-old drink on my watch, especially after what happened today."

"16-year-old. It's my birthday today." She said a tear falling down her cheek.

I sat down next to her, "Pretty terrible birthday."

"Yeah, not how I expected my day to go," she said leaning her head against the wall.

"What were you planning on doing?" I asked.

Mia shook her head, "I don't know. I'm a refugee, there's not much I could've done. I guess I was just going to hang out with my friends, maybe steal your bourbon and celebrate with Josh." She said, laughing a little. She got quiet, "But that's not going to happen now."

"Hey, it's alright. There is always next year right." I said trying to comfort her.

"Yeah, hopefully. As long as the world hasn't descended into complete chaos by then," she said taking a sip of the bourbon.

I laughed, "We'll try not to let it. "

Mia smiled. "You know you're awesome Lorna, or should I say Polaris."

I smiled, "No one's called me Polaris in a while. It feels good, getting called a name you gave yourself." I said. "You know if you're going to keep hanging out here and helping us you should get a street name, so not many people know who you are."

Mia looked at me, "Really? What would I even call myself? You all have cool nicknames. What would I get Shadow? That's so overused."

"How about Nyx?" I said.

"Nyx?" she said raising an eyebrow at me

"Yeah, Nyx. Nyx is the Greek goddess of night. She was the only goddess that Zeus ever feared." I said.

"I like that. Nyx, it's a cool name," she said.

"Yeah, it is. Now you need to rest and heal and no more alcohol." I said taking the bottle back. I got up and offered Mia my hand to help her get up.

Mia sighed and took my hand, "I guess you're right. I probably should go chill in bed for a while."

I smiled as she left the storage room. I liked her, she was fun to talk to.